What to do if your wisdom teeth are still bleeding 12 hours after extraction

Bleeding 12 hours after wisdom teeth extraction may be due to shedding of blood clot, rupture of small blood vessels, or inflammatory lesions at the root tip of wisdom teeth, etc. It is recommended to stop bleeding by medication, apply suture and scrape off the inflammatory lesions completely.
1. Dislodgement of blood clot: if the wisdom tooth is still bleeding 12 hours after extraction, the local blood clot may be dislodged due to chewing, brushing and other behaviors, you can apply Yunnan Baiyao powder locally to stop bleeding, and then bite the sterile cotton ball or cotton roll tightly.
2. Rupture of small blood vessels: 12 hours after wisdom teeth extraction, bleeding may be local small blood vessel rupture, you can first bite the cotton ball to stop bleeding, such as bleeding is relatively large, you can use a needle and thread in the extraction of teeth around the trauma of the gums of the pulling together suture.
3. Wisdom teeth root tip has inflammatory lesions: 12 hours after the wisdom teeth extraction is still bleeding, may be wisdom teeth root tip has inflammatory lesions influence, after the extraction of teeth did not put the inflammatory lesions complete scraping, caused by bleeding. You can scrape out the inflammatory lesions in time and take anti-inflammatory drugs such as cefprozil capsules orally.
Wisdom teeth extraction 12 hours after the bleeding, the patient can also be timely back to the hospital stomatology department, follow the doctor’s instructions for medication and treatment.